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Biography Mai Hofstad Gunnes
Born 1977, Lørenskog, Norway. Lives and works in Berlin and Oslo
contact:
maigunnes at gmail.com
DE +49 176 23636450
NO +47 90917537
1999-2004
Master of Fine Art, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Norway
2000-2001
Exchange at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee and HdK w/ prof. Sieverding, Berlin
1997-1999
Einar Granum Art School, Oslo, Norway
Solo Exhibitions / Projects
2009
Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo
2006
Stolen Recorder, (with Lieko Shiga), Areal 28, Berlin
2005
When Pigs Fly, (with Christine Rebet)Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
2004
What do you Mean?, XpoSeptember, Stockholm, Photo Festival,Fylkingen, Stockholm
2002
Infinity exists in all dimensions, Galleri Blunk, Trondheim
Group Exhibitions / Projects
2009
Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Another Forest, Merican Karuizawa Art Museum, Karuizawa, Japan
Bunnies, It Must Be Bunnies, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo, Norway
2008
Ghost in the Machine, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
The intimate and extraordinary life of rocks, Program, Berlin
Icebreaker Festivalen, Kabelvåg, Norway
Magiske Systemer, Tromsø Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tromsø, Norway
Holiday in Arcadia, Lydgalleriet, Bergen, Norway
2007
Notes on Places, Kunsthalle Berlin Lichtenberg, Berlin
Inter-Faces, Soros, Center for Contemporary Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan
I have a suitcase in Berlin, The National Library, Oslo
AniMotion, Galleri F15, Moss, Norway
Summer Sushi, Gallery Yujiro, London
Stamp Inn Kino, Rakett, Sørfinset (screening)
2006
tank.tv, London (webscreening)
Rio, Artnews projectspace, Berlin
Norwegian-German Chamber of Trade, Oslo, Norway
A to Z, (organised by Yoshitomo Nara and graf), Hirosaki, Japan
Domestic Affairs, Projekt 0047, Berlin
Domestic Affairs, Momentum, Moss, Norway
Temporary Art Museum Soi Sabai, Bangkok, Thailand
No Longer the same place, Xposeptember, Cinemateket, Stockholm
2005
On time, Fotogalleriet, Oslo
Talking Music, Flicker!, Projekt 0047, Berlin
Stilleben, Projekt0047, Berlin
The dj project, The Nord Land, Sørfinnset
Kunst ved fleire blikk, Rosendal
Past/Present/Forever, Buia Gallery, New York City
Up north, Casa del Mig, Barcelona, Spain
Bring a friend, The Nordic embassy, Berlin, Foyer Kino Arsenal, Berlin, Landmark
Café, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen and Atopia, Oslo
2004
All Moveable Wonders, IASPIS Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Open Studio, IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden
CCA Open Studio 2004, Kitakyushu, Japan
VideoZone2, International Video Art Bienniale, Tel Aviv, Israel
Pictures came and broke my heart, Uppsala Int.Short Film Festival, Sweden
Scandinavian Sparks, 798 Space, Beijing, China
Blick 04, New Nordic Film & Video, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2003
Maeda Studio, CCA Kitakyushu, Japan
Good Foot, Trondheim Kunstmuseum and Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
(catalogue)
The Thisted Bienniale, Thisted, Denmark
CCA Open Night 2003, Enyen Gallery Cafe Bar, Tokyo, Japan
Dissonanze, Festival di Musica Elettronica e Arte Digitale, Rome, Italy
2002
Film Fylkingen, Fylkingen, Stockholm, Sweden
Cmyk/Greyscale, Tramway, Glasgow,
Great Britain (catalogue)
One Day Stand, ID:I Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden
Falling on You, 38 Langham Street, London, Great Britain
Memory project, Rantakasarmi, Helsinki, Finland
Videoworks, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
2001
Berlin People, with guest artist David Lamelas, HdK, Berlin, Germany
Blick 01, New Nordic Film & Video, Moderna Museet, Stockholm and world wide
tour (catalogue)
1999
Dogme 99, with Sara Eriksson, Galleri Koncentrat, Trondheim, Norway
Grants and Residencies
2008
Nordic Culture Point, Mobility funding, Kiruna, Sweden
2007
3 Year Artist Working Grant, Statens Kunstnerstipend, Arbeidsstipend for Yngre
Kunstnere
Stockholm Kulturforvaltningen, Travel Grant
Nordic Culture Point, Mobility funding, Reykjavik, Iceland
OCA International Support, exhibition, Almaty, Kazakhstan
OCA International Support, filmproject, Istanbul, Turkey
2006
OCA International Support
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
The Norwegian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
2005
OCA International Support
2004
OCA International Support
IASPIS Res. Stockholm, June-August
Sleipnir Travel Grant
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
2003
Research Program, CCA(Center for Contemporary Art), Kitakyushu, Japan
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond The Scandinavian-Japan Sasakawa Foundation
OCA International Support, March
Represented in collections
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Norwegian Council of Cultural Affairs, Norway
Trondheim Kommune, Norway
Alex Sainsbury Collection, London
